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Visions of belonging : family stories, popular culture, and postwar democracy, 1940-1960 / Judith E. Smith.
LIBRA E169 .S655 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Judith E., 1948-
- Series:
- Popular cultures, everyday lives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- United States.
- History.
- Arts, American--20th century.
- Arts, American.
- Families--United States--History--20th century.
- Families.
- United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social life and customs--1945-1970.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 444 pages, 19 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- This book explores how beloved and still-remembered family stories -- "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, I Remember Mama, Gentleman's Agreement, Death of A Salesman, Marty," and "Raisin in the Sun" -- entered the popular imagination and shaped collective dreams in the years immediately following World War II and into the 1950s.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-424) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0231121709
- 0231121717
- OCLC:
- 53796905
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